Janice Barbara Wearmouth is a British education academic and author, and is a full professor at the University of Bedfordshire, specialising in special educational needs in schools.
She was previously Professor of Education at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
[1] She later earned a Master of Psychology and Education at London, and completed a PhD titled Exploring the 'problem space' in special educational provision in mainstream schools at the Open University.
[1][3] Wearmouth was the Director of the Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies at the Open University, and then Professor of Education at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
[3][4] While at Bedfordshire she has co-designed a new undergraduate degree on special educational needs and disability for teachers, which was launched in 2022.